#B28828#B28828

#B28828 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.120 H 83.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B28828
RGB	rgb(178, 136, 40)
HSL	hsl(42, 63%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(42, 78%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.6%, 77.5%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.19, 6.82, 54.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.19, 54.75, 82.84°)
OKLab	oklab(65.07% 0.0133 0.1188)
OKLCH	oklch(65.07% 0.12 83.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.5490, 27.2285, 5.8117)
Luminance	0.2723 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B28828 #2852B2

analogous

#B24328 #B28828 #97B228

triadic

#B28828 #28B288 #8828B2

tetradic

#B28828 #28B243 #2852B2 #B22897

square

#B28828 #28B243 #2852B2 #B22897

split-complementary

#B28828 #2897B2 #4328B2

monochromatic

#4E3C12 #80621D #B28828 #D5A843 #E0BF75

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#B28828 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.45

#B28828 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B28828

6.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B28828	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B28828	1.00	3.26	6.45	6.45
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A8817

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4932D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C17B75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b28828;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 136, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.120 83.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceaa69',
    500: '#b28828',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b28828;
$custom-light: #ceaa69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b28828",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.739,
    "s": 63.303,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65067,
    "c": 0.11957,
    "h": 83.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27226
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B28828

secondary

#6F8AC7

accent

#74E641

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#141007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B28828

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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